MLB Playoffs 2026 Divisional Round Games, Odds And Stats

The MLB Playoffs 2026 Divisional Round continues postseason baseball following the Wild Card round and the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves advancing. Those teams will face division winners Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Guardans, Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers. The National League is loaded, and a pair of compelling series make for exciting watch and wager action, even as the teams battle and go head-to-head over the opening weekend of October against college football and the NFL for viewers and bettors on Saturday and Sunday.

But baseball in October holds its own while creating memorable moments in the most special time of the sports season.The fans and players passion for playoff baseball brings out the best in sports and competition, and the 5-game MLB Playoffs 2026 divisional round series’ will provide more engagement and watch and wager action with leading online sportsbooks taking bigger bets and more handle and offering promotions for MLB betting.

The Yankees are favored over the AL East division champion for the second-straight season in the divisional round. This time against the Tampa Bay Rays, and without star slugger Aaron Judge (calf). The Yankees join the Brewers and Dodgers as returning playoff teams to the Divisional Round from last season.

MLB Divisional Round Series And Odds

Major League Baseball odds from top online sportsbooks refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting. Betting favorites (-) and underdogs (+). MLB Playoffs 2026 Divisional Round odds updated on Oct. 3.

Chicago White Sox (+123) vs. Cleveland Guardians (-143)
New York Yankees (-120) vs. Tampa Bay Rays
San Diego Padres (+157) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (-180)
Atlanta Braves (+207) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (-250)

Game 1 Moneyline Odds And Pitchers

Sat., Oct. 3

– Chicago (+126) at Cleveland (-139) – O/U 6.5 runs / H. Smith vs. P. Messick
– Atlanta (+192) at Los Angeles (-214) – O/U 8.5 / D. Fuentes vs. T. Skubal
– New York (+115) at Tampa Bay (-127) – O/U 7 runs / G. Cole vs. D. Rasmussen
– San Diego (+185) at Milwaukee (-206) – O/U 7 runs / R. Ray vs. J. Misiorowski

Sun., Oct. 4

– San Diego at Milwaukee / M. King vs. L. Henderson

Mon., Oct. 5

– Chicago at Cleveland / TBD vs. G. Williams
– New York at Tampa Bay / Cam Schlittler vs. TBD

Favorites to win the American League and National League, plus World Series odds.

AL: Yankees (+180), Rays (+270), Guardians (+275), White Sox (+525)
NL: Dodgers (+135), Brewers (+275), Padres (+425), Braves (+475)

Top Pitchers and Cy Young

Some of the top pitchers in baseball are worth watching in the divisional round on the way to the World Series. Then there are the elite, and Cy Young winners yet to be announced.

Jacob Misiorowski: The Brewers 24-year-old dominated opposing hitters while leading Milwaukee to a new franchise single-season wins record (103). The the top starter in baseball this season on his way to winning the to-be-announced Cy Young. Misiorowski (16-5) leads the majors in ERA (1.86), opponent’s batting average (.180) and strikeouts (252) in 30 starts. He allowed just 96 hits in 174.2 innings.

Cam Schlittler: Also in just his second year pitching in the Big Leagues lis Misiorowski, Schlittler (14-5) started 33 games and then won his opening playoff game again vs. the Red Sox. The 25-year-old flamethrower touches 100 mph on his fastball, and has a trio of fastball shapes, throwing them at the highest rate (89.3%) of any starting pitcher. Schlittler posted a 1.95 ERA with 129 hits allowed across 193.2 innings with 239 strikeouts, just behind 27-year-old Gavin Williams (248) of the Guardians, who won 14 games and pitched 184 innings with a 3.76 ERA in his fourth Big League season.

Tarik Skubal: It’s really unfair that the Dodgers riches were able to add another dominant starting pitcher at the trade deadline. But with the massive money and budgets, the 29-year-old Skubal goes from Detroit to Los Angeles after winning the American League Cy Young in both 2024 and 2025. Skubal (12-7) made 26 starts this season in his 7th MLB season, 10 with the Dodgers (2.61 ERA). Overall in 2026, Skubal posted a 2.72 ERA with 186 strikeouts in 155.2 innings.

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